Painesville man convicted of robbery

A former Painesville man was convicted of robbing several people at gunpoint in Painesville Township.

Dion Lamarr Jackson Sr., 36, was indicted last year in Lake County Common Pleas Court on two counts each of aggravated robbery, kidnapping and robbery.

He was convicted on one count of aggravated robbery and robbery and acquitted on the other four counts.

He went on trial in the Lake County case Aug. 22 before Judge Richard L. Collins Jr.

According to prosecutors:

Jackson brandished a handgun on Feb. 22, 2016, while attempting to commit a theft offense in the township. After threatening two males and a woman with physical harm, Jackson fled the scene.

Jackson was previously convicted of several robberies in Summit and Ashtabula counties.

He is currently serving six years at the Richland Correctional Institution in Mansfield. Jackson previously robbed a Circle K store in Ashtabula and a Citizens Bank in Sagamore Hills, according to the Star Beacon and Nordonia Hills News-Leader.